"editorial we" meaning in All languages combined

See editorial we on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: editorial wes [plural], editorial we's [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|editorial we's}} editorial we (plural editorial wes or editorial we's)
  1. Synonym of plural of modesty (“speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest”). Synonyms: modesty [plural-of, synonym, synonym-of] Synonyms (in all senses, often synonymous): author's we, author's plural
    Sense id: en-editorial_we-en-noun-en:plural_of_modesty Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with DISPLAYTITLE conflicts, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 34 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 34 18 Disambiguation of Pages with DISPLAYTITLE conflicts: 51 32 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 35 12 Disambiguation of 'in all senses, often synonymous': 46 29 25
  2. The first-person plural pronoun used by an editor or other spokesperson when speaking with the authority of their publication, profession, organization, or company.
    Sense id: en-editorial_we-en-noun-en:pronoun__we__to_represent_one_s_organization__profession__etc
  3. The practice, common in mathematical and scientific literature, of referring to a generic third person by we (instead of the more common one or the informal you), or of implying that the writer and the reader, or all of humanity, are united as collaborators in thinking the sequence of thoughts that the narrative describes).
    Sense id: en-editorial_we-en-noun-en:pronoun__we__to_represent_writer_reader_accord__all_of_humanity__or_other_grouping
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: majestic plural, plural of majesty, nosism, plural of excellence, plural intensive Coordinate_terms: royal we (english: sometimes humorously synonymous)

Inflected forms

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